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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5247664 | Fault-tolerant distributed database system and method for the management of correctable subtransaction faults by the global transaction source node A fault-tolerant method and system for processing global transactions in a distributed database system. If a fault occurs in the distributed database system, a transaction management system will suspend the processing of a transaction and renew it when th... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5237687 | Microprogram load unit having alternative backup memory sources A microprogram load unit comprising a readable and writable microprogram memory within a central processor unit for storing microprogram, a relatively low speed, readable and writable, nonvolatile memory unit, and a readable and writable memory with batte... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5230046 | System for independently controlling supply of a clock signal to a selected group of the arithmetic processors connected in series In a computer system comprising first through K-th arithmetic processors connected to a control section (18) in an ascending order, where K represents a positive integer which is not less than two, a memorizing unit (20) memorizes first and second informa... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5214778 | Resource management in a multiple resource system A computing system providing resource management in a multiple resource system. In the preferred embodiment, the computing system has a plurality of resources for storing, transmitting or manipulating data. The system also has a fault management subsystem... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5208814 | Method and apparatus for operating an electronic reprographic printing system containing a job submit counter An apparatus provides for operating an electronic reprographic system containing a method for recovering from crashes in an electronic reprographic system in which multiple jobs are active concurrently. The system provides for the monitoring of jobs activ... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5197069 | Method and system for detecting and recovering from switching errors A switching error detection and recovery mechanism recognizes that an I/O configuration has changed. Comparing new configuration data to previous data maintained in a CDT table structure, and detecting unequal path information, an error condition is recog... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5193181 | Recovery method and apparatus for a pipelined processing unit of a multiprocessor system The pipelined central processing system (CSS) units of a multiprocessor system are tightly coupled to connect in common to a system bus for sharing main memory and input/output controllers/devices. The CSS includes several circuit boards for the different... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5185881 | User repairable personal computer A preferred embodiment of the user repairable personal computer described for enabling a novice user to repair of personal computer without having to send the unit to a service facility. The computer 10 has a plurality of modules contained within a main c... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5175735 | Method and apparatus for handling object faults in an electronic reprographic printing system A method and apparatus for handling software object faults in an electronic reprographic system for scanning and synchronously or asynchronously processing and printing a plurality of jobs are described. The system is monitored for the occurrence of softw... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5170397 | Method and apparatus for recovering from object faults in an electronic reprographic printing system A method and apparatus for recovering from faults occurring in an electronic reprographic system capable of processing and printing a multiplicity of jobs is described. The invention provides for the monitoring of the system for the occurrence of faults i... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5159597 | Generic error recovery An error recovery subsystem which can be easily modified for use with any physical hardware which is being monitored is disclosed. The error recovery subsystem employs a user editable file including the rules for defining the system state, the error state... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5146586 | Arrangement for storing an execution history in an information processing unit A tracer memory (7) stores the history of execution of addresses for the microprogram of an information processing unit to provide clues to the identification of the cause of any exceptional event that may occur in the unit. A pointer register (10) is ind... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5138617 | Method for masking false bound faults in a central processing unit In a computer system having a hardware and/or firmware design problem which causes a false boundary error under certain conditions, the subject method serves to handle and correct the false boundary error condition in the operating system. This recovery p... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5133065 | Backup computer program for networks A computer network for backing up data and program files located on networked workstations onto a centralized backup media of a backup device of the network. The backup computer network allows users of workstations of remote nodes to preselect files (by n... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5101408 | Error collection method for sorter system An error collection method for a sorter system having n pipelined sort elements Pi (i=1-n) of the same type and n local memories Mi (i=1-n) each connected to the corresponding sort element and having a memory capacity of at least 2i-1 record le... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5091845 | System for controlling the storage of information in a cache memory The invention provides a system for controlling the storage of information in a cache memory and features a processor to be connected to a bus, the bus including information signal transfer lines for transferring information signals and a cache control si... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5077768 | Fault detection and recovery device used in a radiation imaging information processing system A radiation image information processing system processes a radiation-transmission image, such as an X-ray image of a human body, into an image signal, and records or displays the image signal as a visible image. When a fault occurs in the radiation image... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5067106 | Radiation detection and signal delay circuitry for protecting recorded data A radiation hardened or fail safe circuit is coupled between a peripheral data storage device, for example a disk drive, and its associated controller. The circuit includes an AND logic gate with two inputs: a write enable signal from the controller; and ... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5038319 | System for recording and remotely accessing operating data in a reproduction machine System for recording and remotely accessing certain operating data in an electrostatographic reproduction machine for use in analyzing machine faults and software crashes, with transfer of the data to a remote service site either by floppy disk or telecom... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5008818 | Method and apparatus for reconstructing a token from a token fragment A method and apparatus for reconstructing a token from a token fragment (unreconstructed token) wherein at least two indices for an unreconstructed string and three indices for a vocabulary string are iteratively calculated and recorded. Each string has a... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4999838 | Failure recovery informing arrangement with simplified hardware in a data processing system When a peripheral control processor is put, in a data processing system, into a down state from a normal state of operation upon occurrence of a failure, a failure recovery informing arrangement comprises a failure occurrence signal producing circuit for ... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4992928 | Multiple error processor in automatic work handling apparatus A multiple error processor in an automatic work handling apparatus includes controlling a number of operating mechanisms individually by the operation of control devices corresponding thereto. The operating mechanisms are controlled to stop for errors ari... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4924466 | Direct hardware error identification method and apparatus for error recovery in pipelined processing areas of a computer system A computer system having trace arrays and registers that provide error tracing that permits retry of operations in a pipelined, multiprocessing environment after the operations have been allowed to quiesce. The trace arrays in each retry domain include on... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4920479 | Multiprocessor system with storage control units including buffer storage units comprising an error recovery system for storage control units In a multiprocessor system having a first and a second storage control units with a first and a second buffer storages of a store-in type, respectively, for connecting a plurality of execution processor units to main storage units, a first diagnostic proc... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4914625 | Bypass mechanism for daisy chain connected units A bypass mechanism is described for improving the operation of a daisy chain line linking a plurality of units and used for propagating a signal which may be trapped by the first unit in the chain having a pending service request to be serviced by a commo... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4870638 | Remote maintenance system for a digital communication network A remote maintenance system for a digital communication network, comprises local offices (LOs), at least two of which are grouped and connected to each other by a local line in the group, and a centralized maintenance and operation center (CMOC) located a... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868824 | Measurement of missed start-up rate and missed message rate In a voiceband data multipoint network, each tributary modem transmits, in a trailer which follows the user data, a tributary modem identification, a sequence number which advances for each start-up and a checksum. The observation at the receiver of a gap... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4866712 | Methods and apparatus for fault recovery An error recovery system for computers is shown in which an error table and an action table are used to control the parameters of the error recovery system. The error table has one entry for each possible error and contains a count increment for each corr... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4851993 | Cache move-in bypass Bypassing of data from a main storage unit to an instruction and operand processing unit around an intermediate storage unit improves performance in a data processing system. The instruction and operand processing unit supplies requests for operands to th... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4841477 | Response/processing apparatus for external-abnormal-state in data processing system The invention is in a data processing system comprising a data processing device and a data control device, and external abnormal signals inputted through the data processing device are stored by a latch circuit and then outputted as abnormal signals into... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4745602 | Printer error and control system A printer or plotter for providing printed representation of text and graphics, which further provides a specific error code signal returned to the host system. The error signals comprise fatal and nonfatal classes of system errors. The system of the data... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4627055 | Decentralized processing method and system A decentralized processing system having a plurality of subsystems of the same type which are connected to one another. Each subsystem has a diagnosis means for diagnosis of failure in other subsystems, and functions to take a suitable countermeasure in r... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4617661 | Electronic copying machine Disclosed is an electronic copying machine comprising detecting means for detecting an operating status of a copying machine main body, audio information storage means for storing predetermined audio information, audio information synthesizing means for r... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4584663 | Apparatus for power-on data integrity check of inputted characters stored in volatile memory A memory data coincidence device includes a volatile read write memory connected to a main power source and auxiliary backup power source, and a keyboard for supplying data to the read write memory. The device further includes a read only memory for stori... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4463418 | Error correction from remote data processor by communication and reconstruction of processor status storage disk A system for diagnosing and correcting errors in remote data processing equipment is provided in which a remote data processor subject to an error condition has associated therewith disk, e.g., diskette storage means together with means for recording on s... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4438494 | Apparatus of fault-handling in a multiprocessing system A number of intelligent crossbar switches (100) are provided in a matrix of orthogonal lines interconnecting processor (110) and memory control unit (MCU) modules (112). The matrix is composed of processor buses (105) and corresponding error-reporting lin... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4377845 | Optional machine inhibition for feature malfunction Method for continuing the operation of a machine despite the malfunction of a nonessential feature. If the determination is made that a feature program is nonoperable, another check is made by sensing a corresponding flag to determine whether the feature ... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4322791 | Error display systems An error display circuit in a data processing device containing an independent processor circuit is set by an initializing signal generated when a power source is turned on and reset by the operation of the processor circuit when the initializing signal i... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4257101 | Hardware in a computer system for maintenance by a remote computer system A remote maintenance apparatus for performing maintenance via a communication channel. Hardware is provided to retain information in a special channel which can be accessed by a remote communication system, in the event of malfunction in the computer syst... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4242728 | Input/output electronic for microprocessor-based engine control system A method and apparatus for controlling the various functions of an internal combustion engine using a program controlled microprocessor having a memory preprogrammed with various control laws and associated control schedules receives information relating ... | 12/30/1980 |
